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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the stranger offer to buy from Pan Andrew Charnetski?
(a) His pumpkin.
(b) His clothes.
(c) HIs wagon.
(d) His goods.

2. What is unusual about one of the wagons in the caravan?
(a) It is larger than any of the other wagons.
(b) It is being pulled by a man and is carrying several children.
(c) It is led by two horses and it is carrying a very large pumpkin.
(d) It is fancier than the rest of the wagons.

3. Despite the fact that he knows he might die as he faces the Tartars in 1241, what does the trumpeter decide to do?
(a) Flee to the castle.
(b) Sound the Heynal for Poland and Our Lady.
(c) Try to kill the Tartars he sees.
(d) Sound the trumpet for the lost people of Kiev.

4. What ultimately happens to the trumpeter in 1241?
(a) He escapes the Tartars while playing the trumpet.
(b) A Tartar shoots him when he is done playing.
(c) He is killed by a Tartar with a bow and arrow while he is playing the Heynal.
(d) A Polish man accidentally shoots him with a bow and arrow.

5. What is the scene Joseph sees when he first goes to explore the marketplace?
(a) He sees a family from his village.
(b) He sees a Tartar boy beating a dog.
(c) He sees Stefan Ostrovski.
(d) He sees Pan Andrew Tenczynski.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the midst of all the destruction after the attack on Krakow, there is one Polish person left alive. Who is it?

2. What do the people do when they hear the Tartars' approach in 1241?

3. To whom does Joseph hear the Tartars praying?

4. Which is the best description of the trumpeter as he plays amidst all of the destruction in Krakow?

5. What is the oath taken by the trumpeter?

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